Taking video off camcorder tapes

[Patrick Gleason]

In my experience these types of cameras need some sort of DV passthrough that converts the analog signal to a digital one. 


On May 6, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Pat Hannon wrote:

> The camcorder is a Sony handycam CCD-TRV59E PAL.
> It only has/uses 8mm tapes.
> It has a S Video out jack
> It has a A/V out jack
> It has a RFU dc out (RFU adaptor DC output) jack.
> 
> I have a A/V out cable with two male fittings on the end which fits in
> the A/V out jack
> I have a S Video cable with a male connection each end.
> 
> The connection to the PC is a Belkin Hi-Speed USB 2.0 DVD Creator.
> 
> I do _not_ have a video card in the computer but can put one in if need be.
> There is no firewire connection on the handycam and my PC.
> 
> I have also failed to do this with Windoze XP.
> 
> Many thanks for the help so far.
> 
> Pat
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> 
> What's inside your camcorder ?
> 
> Tape (mini-dv), or Tape (VHS)
> Disk (DVD-/+R/RW)
> 
> The connexion to PC, and the grabbing of the video depends of the type
> of your camcorder.
> 
> Laurent
> 
> Pat Hannon wrote:
>> How do I upload a camcorder tape to my computer? I want to upload video
>> I took with my camcorder to the computer. It is not on a memory card.
>> What do I need to do and what program?
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
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